Wave dressing comb



Nov. 2, 1943. I A, M ER 2,333,326

WAVE DRESSING COMB Filed July 7, 1945 INVENTOR. Am/mm flat-'0 Patented Nov. 2, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WAVE DRESSING COMB Abraham Maier, New York, N. Y.

Application July 7, 1943, Serial No. 493,696

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in hair curlers and more specifically to a device which can be permanently or detachably secured to any ordinary comb, and whichwhen used regularly in combing smooth, straight hair-will make the hair wavy or curly.

My invention is based upon the experience that the human hair has the tendency to keep a shape to which has been formed repeatedly for any length of time. Whereas the hair curling devices hitherto known force the hair to a certain shape or form by the application of pressure or heat during a comparatively short time. My improved device guides the hair gradually to the desired wave form. My device is cheap and simple to manufacture, it can be permanently secured to and manufactured together with new combs, or it can be made in such a manner that it can be detachably secured to any ordinary comb, and it is of the greatest possible simplicity in use.

An example of a preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a comb to which my device is detachably secured; and

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the comb and the device.

Similar numerals refer to throughout the several views.

My device consists of a cylindrical coil spring I of metal, Celluloid, hard rubber, or any other suitable material, the turns of which are in spaced relation to each other, and the ends of which are bent as hooks 2. The hooks 2 are adapted to engage the strip 3 of the comb and to press the coil 1 slightly against the row of teeth 4 of the comb.

similar parts When the hair is combed regularly with a comb which is provided with this device, the hair will follow the coils of the coil spring I and will gradually assume a coiled, curly form.

Since the center part of the row of teeth will engage more hairs when combing than the teeth at both ends of the comb, I prefer to curve the coil as may be seen in Fig. 1, so that the middle part of the coil rests against the upper portion of those teeth which are in the center of the comb, whereas its outer parts (near both ends of the coil) rest against the lower portion of those teeth which are at both ends of the comb.

While there has been shown and described and pointed out the} fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a single modification, it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details illustrated and in its operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is the intention, therefore, to be limited only as indicated by the scope of the following claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States is:

A wave dressing comb spring comprising a coil spring the turns of which are in spaced relation to each other, and means for detachably securing said spring to a comb in such a manner that it extends lengthwise over one side of the row of teeth of the comb and that it rests against said teeth, said coil spring being curved so that its middle part rests against the upper portion of the teeth which are in the center of the comb and against the lower portion of the teeth at both ends of the comb.

ABRAHAM MAIER. 

